Selection of a conspicuous male genitalic trait in the seedbug Lygaeus simulans

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1430, 1999, Pages 1773-1777

  Tadler, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Female choice; Genitalia; Sexual selection; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; INSECT; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

LYGAEUS SIMULANS;

EID: 0033533576     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0845     Document Type: Article

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